ROAR'S workshop in Ruleville, MS was facilitated by the Legendary Mrs. Victoria Gray Adams. We adopted Adams' 5-Steps Process Model. This journey to shine a light on Fannie Lou Hamer has permitted ROAR'S path to cross (physically, via phone, mail or email) with many people who worked with Mrs. Hamer and are doing things to commemorate her legacy; among them, Mrs. Victoria Gray Adams, Mrs. Unita Blackwell, Mr. Owen Brooks, Mr. Charles McLaurin, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, Dr. Maya Angelou, New Jersey's Secretary of State Regena Thomas, Ms. June E. Johnson and Mr. Hollis Watkins.

THE ROAR FOUNDATION, INCORPORATIONis a non-profit organization first founded in 1994 in Minneapolis, Minnesota by Patricia M. Thompson to assist kids to get out of gangs by locating and providing resources. ROAR reorganized in 2000 to include Cultural Arts & Computer Technology as venues for education and entertainment.

Repaying Our Ancestors Respectfully'smission is to serve as a catalyst to Organizations, Corporations,Small Businesses, Educational Institutions and Citizens that serve the interest of youths hereby, pledging to help support and/or create programs, dialogs, facilities and environments that will promote positive growth allowing youths to maximize their potentials. Hence, ROAR’S mission also includes educating the masses by using Computer Technology, Communication Arts, Cultural Arts and Environmental Science.

In May 2004, ROAR organized a Freedom Tour 2004 Cleveland,MS Committee to host The James E. Chaney Foundation, Inc.Freedom Tour 2004 National Tour stop in the Mississippi Delta. THE ROAR FOUNDATION, INC./MS Delta Charter wasdeveloped from this committee.

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The Fannie Lou Hamer Statue Committee is a not-for-profit, non political organization comprised of local, regional and national civil rights activists, scholars and community leaders who serve as fundraising and educational ambassadors in conjunction with the City of Ruleville, public, private and individual initiatives to help achieve the goals of the Fannie Lou Hamer Statue project.

The FLHSC exists solely for the purpose of supporting efforts to honor and pay tribute to Mrs. Hamer by commissioning the construction of a full-length statue of the civil and human rights leader, to be placed on permanent display at the Fannie Lou Hamer Memorial Garden in Ruleville, Mississippi.

The National Black United Fund (NBUF) is our fiscal sponsor for this project.

To make a tax-deductible donation for The Fannie Lou Hamer Statue please click below.